China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific

Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by stcredzero on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @08:26PM (#19803208)

I realize that their system of government isn’t great and violates human rights on a massive scale, but in terms of foreign policy and the actual usage of their military for the past several decades, they’ve been a lot more reasonable and done far less damage than the us has.

Basically, because the US geopolitical strategy has kept them in check. Give them access to the world's oceans and the global stage to play in, and one might well see a lot more of that not-so-great stuff from China.

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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by roenxi on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @08:59PM (#19803447)

If they behave exactly like the United States that would be scary. Between Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria the US attempts to flatten about 1-1.5 countries per decade in the Middle East.

If China used that strategy in South America, I'm not sure the US military would smile and quietly appreciate the parallels. They'd be angry.

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Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific by stcredzero on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @11:42PM (#19804488)

Basically everyone who gets to be world hegemon ends up acting like bastards a little or a lot.

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